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Nice! No cutting of the frame, correct?
100% bolt on brother. No hacking on this bumper.
J
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Nice! No cutting of the frame, correct?
Looks good! Wondering where you guys all find the cojones to cut into your fenders? I'm way too scared to cut my baby like that!Added a Safari Snorkel, and threw the running boards back on for the fast approaching winter.
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Looks good! Wondering where you guys all find the cojones to cut into your fenders? I'm way too scared to cut my baby like that!
BIOR sliders, front bumper, engo winch, pro link, ko2's and tb lift in front to level it a little. Still a couple of odd and end things to do but very happy with the outcome so far. Better pics to come, indoor pics don't do it justice!
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Got my BIOR Rear bumper back from powdercoat and bolted up this past week.
First off, I'm really impressed with Mike: He was great to work with, super responsive to all of my (many) questions (emails, calls, txt) and custom requests for my build. The finished product is impressive; very clean welding, featured high quality materials, and overall good design. No doubt a bulletproof & functional add-on to my truck. Tire swing out on the DS and a Can Carrier on the PS.
Thanks to my buddy Luke for an extra set of hands to help lift it in place and steady it while I got the bolts in. Effectively this is a 2 man job to set the bumper.
One of the things I wanted to have in the bumper were rear facing work/back up lights switched from inside the truck. These needed to be minimalistic, functional, durable and of course look cool. I have had good experience with BajaDesigns LED's over the years, and while they are not cheap, they are truly waterproof and can withstand constant vibrations and hits that come with offroad abuse-guaranteed.
There isn't much room on the backside to cleanly add lights in this bumper, so I selected the BajaDesigns S2Pros which are waterproof, high output (2150 lumens ea), flush mounted, low profile which require very little space on the back side. These are rated at 20watts and 1.66amps ea. You can configure the lenses just about any light spread you like in clear, yellow or even red: I had them built with Wide Cornering lenses which spread the light wide and back 100ft. Since one of my goals was to have working light off the backside of the truck, the lights needed to be dimmable for camp use. I added a cool little product made by Jerry Skene (Skene Designs) LED "smart lamp"dimmer module that allows you to program the lights to preset brightness using a momentary, single or 2 pole switch, or if on the front triggered with your hi-beams.
I spent the afternoon wiring them up; and into the fuse terminal inside the DS lower foot well. I ran the wires along the brake lines and found a good way into the cabin under the DS door pillar: there is a small body plug just below the door that gives short access to the fuse block. Drilled a small hole in the plug ran the wire through, then sealed it back up with silicone.
I think I've got more time into wiring the lights than mounting the bumper and swing-outs. Very happy with the finished product.
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are you on the stock torsion bars up front?Installed OME 685's in the rear and adjusted the torsion bars.
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Sweet setup!
The light controller... does it keep the same dim mode when you turn the lights off and on again? Or must you cycle through all the dim levels each time you turn them on? I have the same 20w led lights (non flush mount) on my roof rack and I'd like to add the dimmer module.
Mike did awesome work on this bumper, I love the tube style he made for me, simple and easy install and top notch quality!! Now to find some lights for it, recommendations?Bump it does such great work! So tempted to sell my BIO bumper I have now for this one. Nothing wrong with mine, but man Mike is just awesome.